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Mr. Gregory E. Hyland has been the Chairman of Board of Managers and Chief Executive Officer at Mueller Group, LLC since February 7, 2007. Mr. Hyland has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Mueller Water Products, Inc. since January 2006 and has been its Executive Chairman and Executive Director since October 2005. He serves as the Manager at Mueller Group, LLC. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Walter Energy, Inc. from September 2005 to December ... 14, 2006 and its President since September 2005. Mr. Hyland served as an Executive Vice President of U.S. Fleet Management Solutions of Ryder System Inc. from October 18, 2004 to September 2005. Mr. Hyland served as President, U.S. Fleet Management Solutions of Ryder System, Inc., from June 1, 2005 to September 2005. He served as President of the Industrial Products Segment for Textron Inc. from February 2002 to August 2003. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Textron Golf, Turf and Specialty Products from January 2001 to January 2002. Prior to Textron, Mr. Hyland worked for Tyco International Ltd., where he served as President of the Flow Control Division's engineered products group from September 1997 to December 2000. Prior to Tyco, he served as Group President and Corporate Vice President for Keystone International Inc., which was purchased by Tyco in 1997. Mr. Hyland also spent 10 years at Rockwell International where he held several positions of increasing responsibility including Director of Sales, Marketing and Strategic Planning and Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development. Prior to Anderson, Greenwood & Co. as Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1991, Mr. Hyland served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing of BTR Inc.'s Edward Valve Unit. He served as Chairman of Techno Quartz Inc. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Walter Energy, Inc. from September 2005 to December 14, 2006. He served as Chairman of Textron Golf, Turf and Specialty Products from January 2001 to January 2002. He served as Chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America and past advisory Member of the Board of Directors for Big Machines. He has been Director of Ferro Corp. since December 2009. He has been a Director of Mueller Group, LLC since October 2005 and Trustee of Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Inc. since June 2009. He served as Director of Techno Quartz Inc. He served as a Director of Walter Energy, Inc. since September 16, 2005. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master Of Business Administration degrees.

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